{"id":20808,"date":"2012-01-03T23:30:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T04:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20808"},"modified":"2012-01-03T20:41:03","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T01:41:03","slug":"college-basketball-picks-duke-blue-devils-vs-temple-owls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-duke-blue-devils-vs-temple-owls-20808\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Duke Blue Devils vs. Temple Owls"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 3 Duke Blue Devils at Temple Owls
\nWednesday, 1\/4\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 150
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 150
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Duke Blue Devils are 11-1 SU against the Temple Owls under Coach K<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Duke faces Temple on Wednesday night inside the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia and comes in on a five-game winning streak that includes an 85-55 victory over Pennsylvania as 22-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Blue Devils have averaged 91.6 points and outscored opponents by an average of 25.2 points during their win streak.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get better,\u201d stated Blue Devils forward Ryan Kelly.\u00a0 \u201cThis will be a big test coming up next.\u201d\u00a0 Duke leads the all-time series, 18-9, including an 11-1 mark under head coach Mike Krzyzewski.<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils are 79-27 all-time against Atlantic 10 opponents and have won 18 consecutive games versus the conference.\u00a0 Playing this particular contest on a neutral court will not bother this program, as it looks to improve to 6-0 in such contests during the 2011-12 campaign.\u00a0 Duke has tallied a 35-2 record in neutral site games since the start of the 2008-09 season.\u00a0 Freshman guard Austin Rivers leads the team in scoring 15.4 points per game, while three other players on the roster average double figures.<\/p>\n

Temple will be looking to post a win over a top 10 team for the fourth straight season, coming in on a three-game win streak that includes a 66-63 road win over the Delaware Fighting Blue Hens as seven-point favorites.\u00a0 \u201cI hope that it\u2019ll be a signature of this team – that they\u2019ll find a way to win,\u201d stated Owls head coach Fran Dunphy.\u00a0 The Owls will need a big game out of senior guard Ramone Moore, who is averaging a team-high 17.4 points per game.\u00a0 Temple is 18-13 ATS at home the past two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Owls have lost nine consecutive games against the Blue Devils, facing a ranked team in all nine contests.\u00a0 Temple is averaging 74.8 points per game, which is the most by the school in over 20 years.\u00a0 Moore was a preseason first team all-Atlantic 10 Conference selection, as he has scored in double figures in 42 of his 49 career starts.\u00a0 Senior Juan Fernandez will be his partner in crime, averaging 13.3 points per game, which is third on the squad.\u00a0 He also leads the team in assists per game and three-pointers made.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Blue Devils due to their 5-0 ATS mark versus Atlantic 10 opponents, while the Owls are 5-11 ATS versus non-conference foes.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 3 Duke Blue Devils at Temple Owls Wednesday, 1\/4\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Duke -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Duke -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 150 Current Total:\u00a0 150 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Duke faces Temple on Wednesday night inside the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia and comes in on a five-game winning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[5700,607,6295,6294,5840,1261,6293],"class_list":["post-20808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-austin-rivers","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-juan-fernandez","tag-ramone-moore","tag-ryan-kelly","tag-temple-owls","tag-wells-fargo-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20809,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20808\/revisions\/20809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}